Custom 12" Duke Nukem Action Figure (Work in Progress)

[xenoviper]

"HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!"

Just thought I'd like to share my custom 1/6th scale Duke Nukem head sculpt with you guys. I hope you guys like it! Im planning to make an action figure of Duke in 1/6th scale (roughly 12" tall) with heaps of articulation and real clothing.

Actually ive made more changes to the head sculpt already. Added more details of the sunglasses frame etc. Anyway heres are some old pics ive taken last night.

[gt1750]

Man, that looks awesome. Kinda reminds me of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his T2 days, which is definitely not a bad thing.

Keep up the great work!

[xenoviper]

Yeh the old Duke3D got that Arnie look...
From the teaser clip of DN4 Duke looked more like Bruce Willis on steroids!

[Daedolon]

I'd say that has got to be the best Duke Nukem look I've seen since ever. Please keep us updated with your progress.

[Jinroh]

That's freakin' awesome nice work.

Can't wait until it's finished.

[oak man]

Wow! amazing, what material are you using to sculpt?

[Maruno]

Dude. Just... dude. Five thumbs up.

[Ironside]

How much?

Seriously.

[Micki!]

Those really DO look awesome, i look forward to more of that stuff..!

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Ironside

How much?

Seriously.

Good question

[gt1750]

I just went through the stuff on your site, it's all amazing
Love your Terminators and Patrick Bateman. Can't wait to see Duke finished in such quality.

[xenoviper]

Originally Posted by Daedolon

I'd say that has got to be the best Duke Nukem look I've seen since ever. Please keep us updated with your progress.

Thanks man! I'll keep you guys updated!

Originally Posted by Jinroh

That's freakin' awesome nice work.

Can't wait until it's finished.

Thanks Jinroh! I promise THIS figure will rock!

Originally Posted by oak man

Wow! amazing, what material are you using to sculpt?

I use epoxy clay for sculpting.

Originally Posted by Maruno

Dude. Just... dude. Five thumbs up.

Thanks man

Originally Posted by Ironside

How much?

Seriously.

Hmmm .....

Originally Posted by Micki!

Those really DO look awesome, i look forward to more of that stuff..!

PM sent Micki~ Thanks!

Originally Posted by gt1750

I just went through the stuff on your site, it's all amazing
Love your Terminators and Patrick Bateman. Can't wait to see Duke finished in such quality.

Thanks gt1750. I will make sure high quality finish with heaps of articulation for kick ass poses!

[Kennerado]

wow, looks amazing!

[Malgon]

That's looking pretty sweet man. The detail on the hair is amazing!

[fast-1]

Excellent work I also saw your Terminator model, 10 out of 10.

[xenoviper]

Thanks guys... just a minor update... ive added some details for the sunglasses frame. Minor touch up around the upper lip and neck area.

I would appreciate if anyone could provide me some pictures of weapons and accessories~

What sort of boots does Duke wear anyway??

[Lt.Havoc]

Say, what kind of body will you use for this one? The problem is, that there arent a lot of very tall muscualr bodies out there. Recently, some company relased 12" WWE/WWF figures for 20 bucks who are really muscular and all. Maybe you could use these bodies and mix them with a BBI/Dragon/Hot Toys body so you have full articulation.

I was alos thinking of making a custom fig, I had the idea a while ago, but I never saw any fitting bodies. It would be a lot of work to modefie both bodies and create some sort of Hybrid/Frankenbody. The idea of a 12" Duke is really amazing, I would love to do one too. All those 1/6 weapons you can give him.

So, anyway, I would love to see that one completed.

[Daedolon]

It looks just a bit too much like Arnie now, I kinda liked the first picture better.

[Lt.Havoc]

Well, Duke is the Arnie of action games, so I like the head.

[xenoviper]

Originally Posted by Lt.Havoc

Say, what kind of body will you use for this one? The problem is, that there arent a lot of very tall muscualr bodies out there. Recently, some company relased 12" WWE/WWF figures for 20 bucks who are really muscular and all. Maybe you could use these bodies and mix them with a BBI/Dragon/Hot Toys body so you have full articulation.

I was alos thinking of making a custom fig, I had the idea a while ago, but I never saw any fitting bodies. It would be a lot of work to modefie both bodies and create some sort of Hybrid/Frankenbody. The idea of a 12" Duke is really amazing, I would love to do one too. All those 1/6 weapons you can give him.

So, anyway, I would love to see that one completed.

Yes Ive already planned to use 12" WWE body as base to work on.

Originally Posted by Daedolon

It looks just a bit too much like Arnie now, I kinda liked the first picture better.

Basically i didnt change much apart from the obvious sunglasses frame details. From some angles it does look like Arnie... if you look carefully at the bottom left corner of 2nd pic, the nose and mouth area looked more like Bruce Willis. Im trying to make the head somewhere in between...not too Arnie / not too Bruce.

[Daedolon]

Yeah well, I was thinking about the angle and shadows as well. He looks like the best Duke has ever looked in the first frame of the first picture, and you don't really have that angle in the new picture.

[Ironside]

About his boots.
You could get away with some black combat boots. In DNF he wears his jeans over his boots. In the artwork for D3d he had his jeans tucked into the boots. So you want some modern black combat boots with the jeans covering them up down to the feet.

Dose that help?

Yeah you will need a musclular body for sure the wrestleing figure sounds cool. Can we see a before pic of the body?

He is looking great. the head sculpt is awesome if someone tells you they dont like it it is because they are over opinionated.

It wouldnt hurt to make more Duke heads if you that good. I see no harm in exagerating Duke side ways Rambo grunt on one sculpt. I hope your going to do more of this one cuz I will buy one.

His Guns are plentiful in the 1/6 scale. the thing is we dont know if Duke is useing the Gold Deagle yet. Some say he has duel golden custom desert eagles but we dont know yet. It is likly that he dose carry 2 golden desert eagles. Cy girls have desert eagles that you could use. I think the stance of the figure should determine which weapon you use. Which ever one looks cool in the available stances.

I am watching this thread. Duke figs rock.

[Ironside]

The Marvel legend Icons are in the 12 inch. The body of Magneto is worth a look.

[Daedolon]

I'd imagine Duke using some sort of paratrooper boots.

[Lt.Havoc]

Well, just give him some cobat high boots, there are thousends of them in 1/6 scale. You can find em in every online store that sells loose gear.

http://onesixthdepot.com its a good place to look for all stuff of 12" gear, they have a lot of boots and shoes, you should find the right ones there.

if not, you can also look here: https://www.monkeydepot.com/index.asp

I orderd at noth of them and can assure that they have a good service, fast shipping and good prices.

Well, the jeans and the T-Shirt can be found there too, as well as belts and suspenders and loead bearing equitment and of course, guns, lots of guns.

Just look into the weapons section. Say, do you have an weapons from the GI Joe Sigma Six figure series? They are oversized and look very futuristic, they can be used together with 1/6 scale figs. With some panting the guns would look great for Duke.

[Kennerado]

I just noticed you are in Sydney. I am in Melbourne, so how much for one of these? he he

[iceworld]

Can we give him a pair of 'silver' sun glasses? Like the cop in Terminator2?

[Betelgeuse]

wowzers! that's freakin awesome, can't wait too see the finished model. keep up the brilliant work

Cool, nice headshots.

[xenoviper]

Originally Posted by Daedolon

Yeah well, I was thinking about the angle and shadows as well. He looks like the best Duke has ever looked in the first frame of the first picture, and you don't really have that angle in the new picture.

Yeh... Unpainted head sculpt with lighting changes the look.

Originally Posted by Ironside

About his boots.
You could get away with some black combat boots. In DNF he wears his jeans over his boots. In the artwork for D3d he had his jeans tucked into the boots. So you want some modern black combat boots with the jeans covering them up down to the feet.

Dose that help?

Yeah you will need a musclular body for sure the wrestleing figure sounds cool. Can we see a before pic of the body?

He is looking great. the head sculpt is awesome if someone tells you they dont like it it is because they are over opinionated.

It wouldnt hurt to make more Duke heads if you that good. I see no harm in exagerating Duke side ways Rambo grunt on one sculpt. I hope your going to do more of this one cuz I will buy one.

His Guns are plentiful in the 1/6 scale. the thing is we dont know if Duke is useing the Gold Deagle yet. Some say he has duel golden custom desert eagles but we dont know yet. It is likly that he dose carry 2 golden desert eagles. Cy girls have desert eagles that you could use. I think the stance of the figure should determine which weapon you use. Which ever one looks cool in the available stances.

I am watching this thread. Duke figs rock.

Thanks for your help.

Originally Posted by Ironside

The Marvel legend Icons are in the 12 inch. The body of Magneto is worth a look.

Ive thought about using these Marvel Legend Icons as a base to work on before but I think 12" WWE figures probably a better choice for Duke....

Originally Posted by Daedolon

I'd imagine Duke using some sort of paratrooper boots.

Thats a nice pairt of boots!!

Originally Posted by Lt.Havoc

Well, just give him some cobat high boots, there are thousends of them in 1/6 scale. You can find em in every online store that sells loose gear.

http://onesixthdepot.com its a good place to look for all stuff of 12" gear, they have a lot of boots and shoes, you should find the right ones there.

if not, you can also look here: https://www.monkeydepot.com/index.asp

I orderd at noth of them and can assure that they have a good service, fast shipping and good prices.

Well, the jeans and the T-Shirt can be found there too, as well as belts and suspenders and loead bearing equitment and of course, guns, lots of guns.

Just look into the weapons section. Say, do you have an weapons from the GI Joe Sigma Six figure series? They are oversized and look very futuristic, they can be used together with 1/6 scale figs. With some panting the guns would look great for Duke.

Awesome! thanks for the head up!

Originally Posted by Kennerado

I just noticed you are in Sydney. I am in Melbourne, so how much for one of these? he he

Yes im in Syd.

Originally Posted by iceworld

Can we give him a pair of 'silver' sun glasses? Like the cop in Terminator2?

Heh!

Originally Posted by Betelgeuse

wowzers! that's freakin awesome, can't wait too see the finished model. keep up the brilliant work

Originally Posted by The Stinger

Cool, nice headshots.

Thanks guys! More updates soon!!

[Malgon]

So how many of these are you planning to make?

[gt1750]

My guess: one?

[Lt.Havoc]

So, any news about the fig? Would be intrested to see where this is going ya know.

[Hanu8]

With what material are you making these I visited your site and I must say that the you action figures are awesome . If there aren't made with wax but with a good strong material I would be interested on buying a Duke Nukem figure . I have one of the old figures but your seems to be much more detailed .

[Micki!]

Originally Posted by Hanu8

With what material are you making these I visited your site and I must say that the you action figures are awesome . If there aren't made with wax but with a good strong material I would be interested on buying a Duke Nukem figure . I have one of the old figures but your seems to be much more detailed .

He said he used Proxy Clay for sculpting earlier in this thread...

I too would love an update anytime soon..!

[xenoviper]

Sorry for the lack of updates.... I've been working on some other stuff for the past few days... anyway good news is that i've obtained the right body for Duke! Most probably working on Duke tomorrow night... so very soon i'll have some updates. Just hang in there

Yes i use epoxy clay (putty) for my sculptures.
You can find them in art stores .... Apoxie Sculpt or Magic Sculpt ... even Tamiya's epoxy putty can do. All good!

[Steve]

Can't wait

[xenoviper]

(UPDATE) I havent had time to cast the head to fit the neck yet... but anyway heres a quick photoshop mockup of my upcoming Duke Nukem figure... check it out

[Another Duke Fan]

This looks amazing! Fantastic work. Best Duke appearance ever. Keep up the great job!

[Maruno]

Shouldn't those shoulders be a bit higher?

Looks amazing, though.